Indigo plantations and science in colonial India / Prakash Kumar, Colorado State University.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

xix, 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The world of indigo plantations: diasporas and knowledge -- The course of colonial modernity: negotiating the landscape in Bengal -- Colony and the external arena: seeking validation in the market -- Local science: agricultural institutions in the age of nationalism -- The last stand in science and rationalization -- A lasting definition of improvement in the era of World War.